Glamorganshire-Cardiff-1896 | Catalogue of British Town Maps

CBTM:

21426

Map Date:

[1896]

Repository reference:

BL 010351.I.3

Historic county:

Glamorganshire

Town name:

Cardiff

Map type:

General Purpose

Extent of cover:

whole built-up area

National grid reference:

ST184764

Exeter coverage diagram reference:

ST 1875

Map title:

[On map:] 'Cardiff', [bottom centre:] 'Plan of Cardiff.'

Comments on map:

In The official guide to the Great Western Railway, London, Cassell, 1897 [BM receipt 30 De 96 blue], f.p. 202. Only included on grounds of completeness. Apparently photo-engraved, possibly by Walker & Boutall: see Exeter 19026-9, e.g. Bottom left: 'The Official Guide to the Great Western Railway', bottom right: 'Cassell & Company, Limited, London'. Monochrome: printed in sepia. (Some other tipped-in maps in sepia in this volume were lithographed by Wyman & Sons.)

Scale:

1:25,344*

Map-maker:

Cassell & Company, Limited, London [pb].

Production mode:

lithographed

Dimensions [in centimetres]:

12.7 x 20.7

Number of parts:

1

Road names:

partly

Buildings:

some or all buildings omitted., public buildings emphasised

Canals:

shown

Water transport infrastructure:

docks

Public buildings:

town hall/administrative

Penal:

jails/reformatories

Defence and military:

barracks, castles/forts/batteries

Welfare and charitable:

hospitals, infirmaries, misc: Hos. Ship.

Known copies of map:

BL 010351.i.3.

Industry:

bricks/tiles, engineering, metallurgical processing: [Several Wagon Works].

Railways:

routes, named, passenger stations: Great Western lines accentuated by cross-bars.

Parkland:

public parks

Waterbodies:

shown

Ordnance Survey's

1878

1:2500

1:10,560

1898-9

1:2500

1:10,560